Journalist Shares War Secrets: 700 million secretly used for Iraq in 2002

[Nancy Waterman]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/15/60minutes/main612067.shtml

OMG!! This seems like it will be a huge story. It will be revealed in Bob Woodward's 60 Minutes interview.

In the interview, Woodward talked about how the administration was able to finance secret preparations for the Iraq war.

"President Bush, after a National Security Council meeting, takes Don Rumsfeld aside, collars him physically and takes him into a little cubbyhole room and closes the door and says, 'What have you got in terms of plans for Iraq?' What is the status of the war plan? I want you to get on it. I want you to keep it secret," says Woodward.

"...The end of July 2002, they need $700 million, a large amount of money for all these tasks. And the president approves it. But Congress doesn't know and it is done. They get the money from a supplemental appropriation for the Afghan War, which Congress has approved. ...Some people are gonna look at a document called the Constitution which says that no money will be drawn from the treasury unless appropriated by Congress. Congress was totally in the dark on this."

[slinkerwink]

1. my god....if clinton had done this, he'd have been fried

but since it's bush, nothing to see here, folks---just move on along.

[Nancy Waterman]

3. I'm not so sure it will be no big deal

He literally snuck it past Congress, taking it out of the Afghanistan money. I am sure people will be quite angry, including some of the GOPers.

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. dang right

I'm sure Kerry will have a choice word or two to say about this once it hits the airwaves.

[Imperialism Inc.]

2. Worse than Watergate indeed!!

That is awsome. How are they gonna "spin" this one?

[UpInArms]

4. where in the F*** is the OUTRAGE?!?!?!?

:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:

Impeachment Proceedings? Hell, no IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION AND FILING OF CRIMINAL CHARGES SHOULD COMMENCE.

[mountainvue]

6. Shit hitting fan.

Anyone care to speculate on what's going to happen next? Can he be criminally charged for theis?

[slinkerwink]

8. I think that nothing will happen of this

:shrug: they're above the law, after all.

[Maine-i-acs]

7. Afghans have been screwed over again.

Not enough of our soldiers fighting the Taliban, and now the pRez skimmed from the Afghanistan reconstruction till to fight his secret-agenda war.

Reparations are in order. And it's not fair for my kids to pay them. Yank it out of Halliburton's larders.

[Hobarticus]

9. Follow the bouncing ball of neocon logic:

Congress appropriates money for War on Terrah.

Don't forget 9/11.

Iraq is directly involved in Terrah, because we say so.

Don't forget 9/11.

Some cabbage should go to Haliburton...er, I mean, preparing to invade Iraq and fighting the War on Terrah where Terrah lives.

Don't forget 9/11.

Easy!

[terisel]

10. Have them pay it back to us from personal funds

I think we should seriously start a move to require those who took the money to pay it back to the Treasury from personal funds in addition to any other penalties.

They stole it.

[Moderator]

11. Please update this story here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=489774&mesg_id=489774